[Numpy-discussion] Copyright status of NumPy binaries on Windows/OS X

[Carl Kleffner]

Hi Travis,

the Anaconda binaries (free packages as well as the non-free addons) link
against Intel MKL - not against ATLAS. Are this binaries really free
redistributable as stated?

The lack of numpy/scipy 64bit windows binaries with opensource blas/lapack
with was one of the main reasons to start with the development of a
dedicated mingw-w64 based compiler toolchain to support OpenBLAS / ATLAS
based binaries on windows.

Cheers,

carlkl



2014-10-08 1:32 GMT+02:00 Travis Oliphant <travis at continuum.io>:

> Hey Andrew,
>
> You can use any of the binaries from Anaconda and redistribute them as
> long as you "cite" Anaconda --- i.e. tell your users that they are using
> Anaconda-derived binaries.     The Anaconda binaries link against ATLAS.
>
> The binaries are all at http://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/
>
> In case you weren't aware:
>
> Another way you can build and distribute an "application" is to build a
> 'conda' meta-package which lists all the dependencies.   If you add to this
> meta-package 1) an icon and 2) an entry-point, then your application will
> automatically show up in the "Anaconda Launcher" (see this blog-post:
> http://www.continuum.io/blog/new-launcher ) and anyone with the Anaconda
> Launcher app can install/update your package by clicking on the icon next
> to it.
>
> Users can also install your package with conda install or using the
> conda-gui.
>
> Best,
>
> -Travis
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Andrew Collette <
> andrew.collette at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am working with the HDF Group on a new open-source viewer program
>> for HDF5 files, powered by NumPy, h5py, and wxPython.  On Windows,
>> since people don't typically have Python installed, we are looking to
>> distribute the application using PyInstaller, which embeds
>> dependencies like NumPy.  Likewise for OS X (using Py2App).
>>
>> We would like to make sure we don't accidentally include
>> non-open-source components... I recall there was some discussion here
>> about using the Intel math libraries for binary releases on various
>> platforms.  Do the releases on SourceForge or PyPI use any proprietary
>> code?  We'd like to avoid building NumPy ourselves if we can avoid it.
>>
>> Apologies if this is explained somewhere, but I couldn't find it.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Andrew Collette
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